6TH ANNUAL DiscussingFilm Critic Awards
Saturday, January 4, 2025


Best Picture
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
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Silver Award: “The Substance” • MUBI
Bronze Award: “Anora” • NEON
“The Brutalist” • A24
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
“Conclave” • Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“I Saw The TV Glow” • A24
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features
“Sing Sing” • A24


Best Director
Coralie Fargeat
“The Substance” • MUBI
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Silver Award: RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Bronze Award: Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” | A24
Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
Jane Schoenbrun – “I Saw The TV Glow” | A24
Denis Villeneuve – “Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures


Best Actor
Colman Domingo
“Sing Sing” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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Silver Award: Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” | A24
Bronze Award: Timothee Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Daniel Craig – “Queer” | A24
Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” | Focus Features
Sebastian Stan – “A Different Man” | A24


Best Actress
Mikey Madison
“Anora” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
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Silver Award: Demi Moore – “The Substance” | MUBI
Bronze Award: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths” | Bleecker Street
Lily-Rose Depp – “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Angelina Jolie – “Maria” | Netflix
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here” | Sony Pictures Classics


Best SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clarence Maclin
“Sing Sing” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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Silver Award: Adam Pearson – “A Different Man” | A24
Bronze Award: Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” | Searchlight Pictures
Yura Borisov – “Anora” | NEON
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” | A24
Denzel Washington – “Gladiator II” | Paramount Pictures


Best Supporting Actress
Danielle Deadwyler
“The Piano Lesson” • Netflix
Directed by Malcolm Washington
Produced by Todd Black, Denzel Washington
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Silver Award: Ariana Grande – “Wicked” | Universal Pictures
Bronze Award: Margaret Qualley – “The Substance” | MUBI
Joan Chen – “Dídi” | Focus Features
Aunjanue Ellis Taylor – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix


Best Film Ensemble
“Sing Sing” • A24
Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
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Silver Award: “Conclave” | Focus Features
Bronze Award: “Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Anora” | NEON
“The Brutalist” | A24
“Nosferatu” | Focus Features


Best Original Screenplay
“The Substance” • MUBI
Written by Coralie Fargeat
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Silver Award: “Anora” – Sean Baker | NEON
Bronze Award: “I Saw The TV Glow” – Jane Schoenbrun | A24
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold | A24
“Challengers” – Justin Kuritzkes | Amazon MGM Studios
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg | Seachlight Pictures


Best Adapted Screenplay
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Written by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
Directed by RaMell Ross
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes
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Silver Award: “Nosferatu” – Robert Eggers | Focus Features
Bronze Award: “Conclave” – Peter Straughan | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts | Warner Bros Pictures
“Queer” – Justin Kuritzkes | A24
“Sing Sing” – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar | A24


Best Animated Feature
“The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal
Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann
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Silver Award: “Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
Bronze Award: “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” | Netflix
“Chicken For Linda!” | GKIDS
“Inside Out” | Pixar Animation/Walt Disney Pictures
“Memoir Of A Snail” | IFC Films


Best Documentary Feature
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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Silver Award: “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” | Warner Bros Pictures
Bronze Award: “Will & Harper” | Netflix
“Dahomey” | MUBI
“Daughters” | Netflix
“Sugarcane” | National Geographic


Best International Feature
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
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Silver Award: “All We Imagine As Light” | Sideshow/Janus Films
Bronze Award: “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“The Beast” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Dahomey” | MUBI
“Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“The Girl With The Needle” | MUBI
“I’m Still Here” | Sony Pictures Classics
“Kneecap” | Sony Pictures Classics
“The Seed Of The Sacred Fig” | NEON


Best Debut Feature
“The First Omen” • 20th Century Studios
Directed by Arkasha Stevenson
Produced by David S. Goyer, Keith Levine
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Silver Award: “How To Have Sex” | MUBI
Bronze Award: “Dídi” | Focus Features
“Janet Planet” | A24
“The Piano Lesson” | Netflix
“Woman Of The Hour” | Netflix


Best Breakthrough Performance
Mikey Madison
“anora” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
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Silver Award: Lily Rose Depp – “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Bronze Award: Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing” | A24
Brandon Wilson – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Juliette Gariépy – “Red Rooms” | Utopia
Katy O’Brien – “Love Lies Bleeding” | A24


Best Original Score
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya
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Silver Award: “The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg | A24
Bronze Award: “Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Hans Zimmer | Warner Bros Pictures
“Queer” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | A24
“The Substance” – Raffertie | MUBI


Best Original Song
“Compress/Repress“
from “Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Written by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, & Luca Guadagnino
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya
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Silver Award: “Kiss The Sky” from “The Wild Robot” | DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures
Bronze Award: “Starburned And Unkissed” from “I Saw The TV Glow” | A24
“El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“Harper And Will Go West” from “Will & Harper” | Netflix


Best Cinematography
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features
Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke
Directed by Robert Eggers
Produced by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers
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Silver Award: “Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
Bronze Award: “The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley | A24
“Conclave” – Stéphane Fontaine | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser | Warner Bros Pictures
“The Substance” – Benjamin Kračun | MUBI


Best Production Design
“Wicked” • Universal Pictures
Production Design by Nathan Crowley | Set Decoration by Lee Sandales
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Produced by Marc Platt, David Stone
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Silver Award: “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Bronze Award: “The Brutalist” | A24
“Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Gladiator II” | Paramount Pictures
“The Substance” | MUBI


Best Film Editing
“Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios
Editing by Marco Costa
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya
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Silver Award: “The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, & Valentin Feron | MUBI
Bronze Award: “Conclave” – Nick Emerson | Focus Features
“Anora” – Sean Baker | NEON
“I Saw The TV Glow” – Sofi Marshall | A24
“Nickel Boys” – Nicholas Monsour | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios


Best Costume Design
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features
Costume Design by Linda Muir
Directed by Robert Eggers
Produced by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers
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Silver Award: “Wicked” – Paul Tazewell | Universal Pictures
Bronze Award: “Gladiator II” – David Crossman & Janty Yates | Paramount Pictures
“Conclave” – Lisy Christl | Focus Features
“Dune: Part Two” – Jacqueline West | Warner Bros Pictures
“Maria” – Massimo Cantini Parrini | Netflix


Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Silver Award: “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Bronze Award: “A Different Man” | A24
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Wicked” | Universal Pictures


Best Sound
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Silver Award: “Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
Bronze Award: “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
“Emilia Pérez” | Netflix
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Wicked” | Universal Pictures


Best Visual Effects
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Denis Villeneuve, Tanya Lapointe, Patrick McCormick
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Silver Award: “Alien: Romulus” | 20th Century Studios
Bronze Award: “Better Man” | Paramount Pictures
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Gladiator II” | Paramount Pictures
“Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes” | 20th Century Studios


Best Stunt Ensemble
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” • Warner Bros
Directed by George Miller
Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller
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Silver Award: “The Fall Guy” | Universal Pictures
Bronze Award: “The Shadow Strays” | Netflix
“Deadpool & Wolverine” | Marvel Studios
“Dune: Part Two” | Warner Bros Pictures
“Gladiator II” | Paramount Pictures


Best Independent Film
“Dídi” • Focus Features
Directed by Sean Wang
Produced by Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, Sean Wang
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Silver Award: “Hundreds Of Beavers” | SRH
Bronze Award: “Red Rooms” | Utopia
“Bird” | MUBI
“A Different Man” | A24
“Exhibiting Forgiveness” | Roadside Attractions
“Janet Planet” | A24
“Late Night With The Devil” | IFC Films
“Love Lies Bleeding” | A24
“Strange Darling” | Magenta Light Studios


Best Comedy Feature
“Anora” • NEON
Directed by Sean Baker
Produced by Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
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Silver Award: “Hit Man” | Netflix
Bronze Award: “Hundreds Of Beavers” | SRH
“A Different Man” | A24
“Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World” | MUBI
“A Real Pain” | Searchlight Pictures


Best Horror FEATURE
“The Substance” • MUBI
Directed by Coralie Fargeat
Produced by Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
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Silver Award: “Nosferatu” | Focus Features
Bronze Award: “Longlegs” | NEON
“I Saw The TV Glow” | A24
“Late Night With The Devil” | IFC Films
“Smile 2” | Universal Pictures

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“Nickel Boys”
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
Danielle Deadwyler – “The Piano Lesson”
“Sing Sing”
“Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes
“The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat
“The Wild Robot”
“No Other Land”
“No Other Land”
“Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke
“Challengers” – Marco Costa
“Nosferatu” – Linda Muir
“The Substance”
“Wicked”
“The Substance”
“Dune: Part Two”
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“Compress/Repress” from “Challengers”
“The First Omen”
Mikey Madison – “Anora”
“Dídi”
“Anora”
“The Substance”

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